Phil,
This is slightly off topic of the volume thread but I have to tell you that I have taken your ALCO 539 sounds (w/ bell & horn) and modified my ALCO S2 VSD folder to a new ALCO S1.? ?Although I don't believe there is a S1 switcher made for n scale, running my S2 with you non-turbo 539 diesel sounds good to me.
A couple of points:
1) I don't believe you horn tags for the short horn are correct.? I think you have to have a separate listing for the short horn.
Also the target name for F3 must be different than "Wabco-E2" so as not to conflict with F2, the regular horn.
And, I have not seen a "<short-file>sounds/ ... </short-file>" tag.? Maybe "?<mid-file>sounds/ ... </mid-file>" is correct
<sound name="Wabco-E2" type="configurable">
? ? ? <start-file>sounds/Common/HornStart.wav</start-file>
? ? ? ?<short-file>sounds/Common/HornMiddle.wav</short-file>
? ? ? <end-file>sounds/Common/HornEnd.wav</end-file>
? ? ? <short-file>sounds/Common/HornMiddle.wav</short-file>? Don't think this is correct, either in location or name.
? ? ? <start-sound-duration>136</start-sound-duration>
? ? ? <gain>0.9</gain>
? ? </sound>?
2) After your discussion with Klaus, I went back and modded all my diesel VSD folder diesel3 tags to?<engine-gain>0.2</engine-gain> from <gain>0.8</gain>.
I did not change any function gains (bell, horn, etc.).? This made a big difference in pushing the engine noise somewhat into the background and bringing the functions to the forefront.
Conrad
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